Russ wrote: > Every Python programmer gets this message occasionally: > > IndexError: list index out of range > > The message tells you where the error occurred, but it doesn't tell you > what the range and the offending index are. Why does it force you to > determine that information for yourself when it could save you a step > and just tell you? This seems like a "no-brainer" to me. Am I missing > something? >
I think you have a point. I am curious to see how far people are willing to go to defend this omission. It promises to be entertaining. James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
